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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – 10 On Your Side told you about an IRS phone scam sweeping the country on Monday. Now Newport News police say a new twist in the scam targeted a local woman.

Police said the callers are getting more aggressive with victims. It’s called Swatting — if you don’t pay what they want, the scammers call a SWAT team to your house.

“I had no idea what was going on,“ said Newport News resident Dee Dean.

Dean drove into her neighborhood Monday night to find it crowded with police officers.She saw a SWAT team with guns drawn.

“I spoke to one of the policemen and he said, ‘oh, there is a lady hurt in one of the homes,'” Dean told WAVY.com. “I said, ‘which house?’ I realized it was my home. I said, ‘there is no female in there. The only lady that was in the house was me.’“

Police received a 911 call Tuesday evening and were told there was a woman in the home on Churchill Lane who had just been shot. The caller said someone was holding the woman hostage. Police responded to the 911 call as though it were real, but it turns out it was hoax.Both Dean and detectives think they know why.